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Primarily meant for professional landmen discussion among themselves, but open for mineral owners as well.

Discussion on the taxing of and accounting for oil and gas production - mineral sales, depletion, ad valorem, severance etc.

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Learn about and discuss royalty/revenue statements received from your revenue distributor.

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Discussion surrounding this little known industrial process has become quite fashionable. Weigh in here.

Oil & gas production, processing, and transportation often demand a surface footprint. Discuss surface related topics here.

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This is the Shales category. Discussions here should be specifically related to this geographic area. Share your experience regarding lease bonus offers, royalty rates, drilling activity, and general oil gas related news.

Oil & gas discussion group for land and mineral rights in Colorado.  Ask questions or share your experiences related to mineral and land rights in Colorado including law, accounting/taxes, regulatory, surface use issues, easements, and anything else affecting land and mineral rights in Colorado.

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Your are at the Bitcoin Related category. Discussion centers primarily on using flared natural gas (aka stranded gas) as an energy source to produce electricity to operate bitcoin mining “rigs”. Mineral owners are among the stakeholders.

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